System and Method for Replacing a Live Control/Estimation Application with a Staged Application

1. A method for replacing a current live version of an application with a current staged version of the application, the method comprising: executing the current staged version in a standby mode concurrent with execution of the current live version, wherein execution of the current staged version does not affect operation of the current live version; receiving a request to transition the current staged version to replace the current live version so that a current staged controller becomes a live controller; reconciling one or more parameters associated with the current staged version with one or more corresponding parameters associated with the current live version; deactivating the current live version; transitioning the current live version; and transitioning the current staged version to the current live version.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving a request to transition a version of the application selected from the current live version, a design version, an archived version, a previously archived version or any other version of the application to a staged version; transitioning the current staged version; and initializing the current staged version.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the staged version is initialized with one or more offset parameters.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising: archiving the current staged version.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the staged version is initialized with one or more configuration parameters and individual variables.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: archiving the current live version.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: transitioning the current live version to a staged version.

8. A system comprising: one or more central processing units for processing information; a memory communicatively coupled to the one or more central processing units; and one or more modules that comprise instructions stored in the memory, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processing units, operable to perform operations comprising: executing a current staged version of an application in a standby mode concurrent with execution of a current live version of the application, wherein execution of the current staged version does not affect operation of the current live version; receiving a request to transition the current staged version to replace the current live version so that a current staged version becomes a live version; reconciling one or more parameters associated with the current staged version; deactivating the current live version; transitioning the current live version; and transitioning the current staged version to the live version.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more central processing units, further operable to perform operations comprising: receiving a request to transition a version of an application selected from the current live version, a design version, an archived version, a previously archived version or any other version of the application to a staged version of the application; transitioning the current staged version; and initializing the current staged version.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the staged version is initialized with one or more scheduling parameters.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more central processing units, further operable to perform operations comprising: archiving the current staged version.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the staged version is initialized with one or more configuration parameters and individual variables.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more central processing units, further operable to perform operations comprising: archiving the current live version.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more central processing units, further operable to perform operations comprising: transitioning the current live version to a staged version.